Prima Pramac Racing has presented the new Ducati Desmosedici GP24 bike, along with its riders Jorge Martín and Franco Morbidelli, at the F1 GP in Bahrain. The team is on the starting blocks for the twenty-third year running, in the third year of the partnership with the tech company Prima Assicurazioni, which has become the title sponsor of the Team.

After becoming the first Independent Team in history to top the world rankings as Best Team in 2023, Prima Pramac Racing is now looking to repeat that result by defending its world title in 2024. Bikes will be lining up for the first GP in Qatar on 10 March.

The Team in the red and purple livery will be present on the starting blocks with fresh ambitions, following its Team World Champion title in 2023 – a historic first for an independent team – and the excellent season of Jorge Martín, who was in the running for the title of Riders’ Champion right up until the last race, and took home the title of Best Independent Rider. The Spaniard, about to ride his Ducati Prima Pramac for the fourth consecutive year, ended the last season with four GP and nine sprint race victories, totalling 22 spots on the podium (including sprint races).

Riding along with Martin this year will be the Italo-Brazilian Franco Morbidelli, forming a tricolour combo with the Italian bike. The 2017 Moto2 World Champion joins Prima Pramac Racing this year with a burning desire to do well and to demonstrate his potential.

Both riders will have the “factory” version of the Ducati Desmosedici GP24. This is the Team’s twenty-third consecutive year in MotoGP, and the third year of the partnership with the tech company Prima Assicurazioni as title sponsor.

The 2024 MotoGP race calendar will consist of 21 Grands Prix and 42 races as MotoGP will again engage the popular Saturday Sprint format at every round. The first of 21 rounds begins with the trip to the Lusail International Circuit for the Grand Prix of Qatar from March 8-10.